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| MAGNIFICENT INTERCESSION (A Testimony by Rhoneil O. Dejarme) |
| 15 September 2021 |
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By: MELODY ALILIO-BONQUIN
On June 15, 2018, I went to the church to play the organ for the 1st Anniversary of the Declaration of the Parish of Our Lady of Sorrows as a National Shrine. I was not able to finish serving the mass because I was brought immediately to the hospital. I had an intracerebral hemorrhagic thalamic stroke and had a very minimal chance of survival. My brain was covered with blood. My siblings and friends were devastated and they felt so helpless. Their only recourse was to pray. Fourteen days after, I woke up miraculously to my senses and after some days, I was discharged from the hospital. I knew Mama Mary had interceded for my new life.
At home, I gradually realized that the use of my right arm, hand, fingers, leg and foot was lost and my tongue, throat, and some parts of my body were numb. I felt I was a different person. I couldn't walk, couldn't write, and couldn't think well. My life changed in a snap. I was so confined for I was so impaired and incapacitated. I was living a restricted life, far from what I was accustomed to, so I was totally devastated. I felt so alone and so scared, so unsure of what life had in store for me.
But I was wrong. I was not alone. Birhen Dolorosa, my Inang Gabay, was with me all along. On the dawn of July 7, 2018, she visited me. During that day, there was a Penitential or Dawn Procession since it was the First Saturday of the month, a day for our Blessed Virgin Mary. When the procession with the Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Sorrows was in front of our house, heavy rain poured. To save her from getting wet, she was brought inside our house and stayed with me for almost a month. Since then, I received spiritual, emotional, physical, material, and financial support from relatives, friends, and close acquaintances from Dolores, Quezon City and abroad. She sent me a physical therapist who patiently assisted and cared for me for one year and three months until at least I can manage myself. Truly, sa pitong sakit karamay kita at sa pitong punyal sa puso Mo, bukal Ka ng tibay at ng tatag laban sa mga hamon ng mundo.
Looking back from today, I am more independent now. I can at least make strides if not really walking. My right hand and fingers were already useful to do some daily activities. Standing for a relatively long period of time is no longer strenuous for me. More importantly, I am back to serve during the mass through playing the organ with the choir. I am still limited, yet redeemed by God's mercy through the intercession of the Our Lady of Sorrows. I am a piece of your MIRACLE, a TESTIMONY of your maternal LOVE, and living proof of your INTERCESSION. Viva Virgen Dolorosa. |
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